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Diaries describe departure from Newcastle and sea voyage to Egypt, training at Abbassia and Maadi camps, piquet duty in Cairo, battle of the Wozzer, regiment volunteering for the Dardanelles as infantry. Covers active service on Gallipoli from May to August, commenting on shell and shrapnel fire, snipers, illness, stench of the dead, armistice of May 24, Lone Pine, tunneling, and evacuation with an injured knee to hospital in England.
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Accession Number
PR91/166
Maker
Reginald Charles David Garnock
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Private Record
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AWM371 91/0817
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